About Joe Rotella

ED Registrar working at the Austin Hospital in Melbourne and a self-confessed toxicology wannabe with an upcoming stint as Toxicology Registrar in 2012. His interests include pharmacology, teaching, and advocacy for registrars (Current Victorian Training Representative for ACEM). In his spare time (whenever that happens) Joe enjoys comedies, pop culture, Pearl Jam and is currently exploring the possibility of learning the ukelele.

Another TCA overdose!

May 8, 2012 by Joe Rotella 3 Comments

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A classic overdose for you to ponder in classic Q&A style, which incidentally marks the 50th toxicology conundrum on LITFL!

Filed Under: Clinical Case, Education, eLearning, Emergency Medicine, Featured, Intensive Care, Toxicology, Toxicology Quiz Tagged With: amitriptyline, sodium bicarbonate, sodium channel blockade, TCA, Toxicology Conundrum, tricyclic antidepressant

Alprazoslammed

April 24, 2012 by Joe Rotella Leave a Comment

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An ingestion of 100mg of alprazolam… Boring benzodiazepine or badness brewing? Find out in this case-based series of questions-and-answers.

Filed Under: Clinical Case, Education, eLearning, Emergency Medicine, Featured, Health, Intensive Care, Toxicology, Toxicology Quiz Tagged With: alprazolam, benzodiazepine, flumazenil, overdose, sedative, Toxicology Conundrum

Lithium, vomiting and diarrhoea

April 18, 2012 by Joe Rotella 3 Comments

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You next patient has swallowed over 80 grams of lithium. What are you going to do about it?

Filed Under: Clinical Case, Emergency Medicine, Featured, Toxicology, Toxicology Quiz Tagged With: acute toxicity, lithium, overdose, Toxicology Conundrum